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Liars (Liars album)

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Liars
Studio album by
Liars
ReleasedAugust 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
Recorded2007 at Planet Roc, Berlin
GenreExperimental rock
Length39:06
LabelMute
ProducerLiars and Jeremy Glover
Liars chronology
Drum's Not Dead
(2006) 		Liars
(2007) 		Sisterworld
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
NME(8/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media(8.5/10)[4]
Rockfeedback[5]
Spin[6]
Stylus MagazineB+[7]
The Observer[8]
Drowned In Sound(9/10)[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]

Liars is the fourth studio album by the band Liars, released on August 28, 2007. The album was recorded at Planet Roc, Los Angeles and was produced by the band and Jeremy Glover.

The album was preceded by a week by the single release of "Plaster Casts of Everything". The single release of Plaster Casts was accompanied by a videoclip. The song "Freak Out" was #91 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[11]

"Plaster Casts of Everything" was listed in Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s" at #248.

The track "Leather Prowler" was used as the instrumental for "Leather Head" by Tyler, The Creator for his alternative hip-hop collective OFWGKTA's mixtape Radical.

The Moodswinger, built for Aaron Hemphill, used on the track "Leather Prowler"

Track listing

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  1. "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 3:56
  2. "Houseclouds" – 3:21
  3. "Leather Prowler" – 4:25
  4. "Sailing to Byzantium" – 4:02
  5. "What Would They Know" – 3:11
  6. "Cycle Time" – 2:16
  7. "Freak Out" – 2:30
  8. "Pure Unevil" – 3:52
  9. "Clear Island" – 2:38
  10. "The Dumb in the Rain" – 4:21
  11. "Protection" – 4:30

Personnel

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Liars

  • Angus Andrew – vocals, guitars, backing vocals
  • Julian Gross – drums, backing vocals, percussions
  • Aaron Hemphill – guitars, synthesizers, programming, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Glover – bass (track 4, 6 & 8)

'Liars' Session EP

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On October 24, 2007, four tracks were available for free download from Liars' MySpace page.[12][13]

The track list is composed of demo versions of the following songs from the album:

  1. "Cycle Time" – 2:24
  2. "Houseclouds" – 3:27
  3. "Pure Unevil" – 3:58
  4. "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 4:02

References

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  1. ^ "Reviews for Liars by Liars". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  2. ^ Heather Phares (2007-08-20). "Liars - Liars | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  3. ^ Nme.Com (2007-08-14). "NME Reviews - Liars: Liars". Nme.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  4. ^ [1] Archived October 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "| RFB". Rockfeedback.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  6. ^ "Liars, 'Liars' (Mute)". SPIN. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  7. ^ "Liars - Liars - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  8. ^ Mike Barnes. "CD: Liars, Liars &#124". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  9. ^ [2] Archived July 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Liars - Liars | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  11. ^ (December 11, 2007).""The 100 Best Songs of 2007"". Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) . Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21. Original link here [3]
  12. ^ "日光アレルギーについての専門医の受診の必要性 - 治療と予防【アレルギー】". 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  13. ^ "LIARS - Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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